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In an âother worldâ composed of languageâit could be a fathomless Martian well, a labyrinthine hotel or forestâa narrative unfolds, and with it the experiences, memories, and dreams that constitute reality for Haruki Murakamiâs characters and readers alike. Memories and dreams in turn conjure their magical counterpartsâpeople without names or pasts, fantastic animals, half-animals, and talking machines that traverse the dark psychic underworld of this writerâs extraordinary fiction.Fervently acclaimed worldwide, Murakamiâs wildly imaginative work in many ways remains a mystery, its worlds within worlds uncharted territory. Finally in this book readers will find a map to the strange realm that grounds virtually every aspect of Murakamiâs writing. A journey through the enigmatic and baffling innermost mind, a metaphysical dimension where Murakamiâs most bizarre scenes and characters lurk, The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami exposes the psychological and mythological underpinnings of this other world. Matthew Carl Strecher shows how these considerations color Murakamiâs depictions of the individual and collective soul, which constantly shift between the tangible and intangible but in this literary landscape are undeniably real.Through these otherworldly depths The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami also charts the writerâs vivid âinner world,â whether unconscious or underworld (what some Japanese critics call achiragawa, or âover thereâ), and its connectivity to language. Strecher covers all of Murakamiâs workâincluding his efforts as a literary journalistâand concludes with the first full-length close reading of the writerâs newest novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.
Hardcover:
9780816691968 | Univ of Minnesota Pr, August 5, 2014, cover price $69.00 | About this edition: In an âother worldâ composed of languageâit could be a fathomless Martian well, a labyrinthine hotel or forestâa narrative unfolds, and with it the experiences, memories, and dreams that constitute reality for Haruki Murakamiâs characters and readers alike.
Paperback:
9780816691982 | Univ of Minnesota Pr, October 1, 2014, cover price $22.95
Hardcover:
9781929280070 | Univ of Michigan Center for, March 1, 2002, cover price $60.00
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